John Lee Hooker — Serves Me Right to Suffer Live

[Intro, Spoken] I'd like to tell you the title of this number that I'm going to do, that I've written. It makes a lot of sense, it tells a tremendous story. The name of it is "Serves Me Right to Suffer, it Serves Me Right to Be Alone." So take a listen to it: [Chorus] It serves me right to suffer Serves me right to be alone It serves me right to suffer, suffer Serves me right to be alone, be alone, be alone Because the life I'm livin' I'm livin' in memories gone by [Spoken] Now watch this: [Verse 1] Every time I see another woman She makes me think of mine, think of mine Mmm She makes me think of mine, think of mine And that's why, when I see another woman Folks, I just can't, keep from cryin', keep from cryin' [Chorus] It serves me right to suffer Serves me right to be alone Mmm Serves me right to be alone Because I'm tryin' to live my life In the days of memories gone by [Spoken] Now I want you to pick up on this. You know these lyrics are somethin' else. Let's dig this [Verse 2] My doctor put me on Milk, cream, and alcohol, alcohol My doctor wrote me a description For milk, cream, and alcohol My nerves are so bad I couldn't rest, I couldn't sleep at all at night [Bridge] That's why he placed me on Milk, cream, and alcohol He placed me on Milk, cream, and alcohol To ease my nerves I could lay down and rest at night [Outro] Mmm Milk, cream, and alcohol